DETROIT -- Parker Meadows returned from the injured list with a two-run home run and a highlight diving catch, but his heroics weren’t enough to rescue the Tigers from a persistent White Sox attack. Colson Montgomery’s two-run homer paced a four-RBI effort, lifting Chicago past the AL Central leaders to hand Detroit a 7-5 loss on Friday night at Comerica Park.
Meadows, out since the end of July with a right quad strain and playing in just his 39th game of this injury-shortened season, celebrated the one-year anniversary of his go-ahead grand slam in San Diego by hitting the first pitch he saw from Sox starter Shane Smith and lining it over the fence in the right-field corner. Meadows' third home run of the season was his first since June 22, and it tied the game in the third inning am